Comments on: Obligatory post regarding the new design

By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:02:24 +0000

Hmmm, that’s a good point that I haven’t considered. Mostly because I never anticipated having regular readers! I like having the semi-serious journalism posts highlighted at the top of the page, but maybe I’ll try shorter summaries to get the regular posts up a bit higher.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:08:19 +0000

I really like the cleaner look and of course, the continued great content. But (always a but, isn’t there?), as a regular reader (I check in daily) I don’t like having to scroll down from the Feature Article (which doesn’t change daily) to get to the new posts.

By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:49:04 +0000

I considered black text on a black background, but there were certain usability issues I couldn’t quite sort out. I’m still working on it, though.

By: Will Sullivan

Will Sullivan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:10:16 +0000

I think you should make the font smaller and less contrasty.

By: William M. Hartnett

William M. Hartnett — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:53:09 +0000

Yeah, it is a bit distracting having that big black box at the top of the page. I’ll probably mess around with it tonight.

By: Matthew Wensing

Matthew Wensing — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:09:26 +0000

Have you tried black text with a white background for the page title and subtitle? While I could probably get used to it, it just seems a little out of place right now . . .

. . . okay, so I just used Firebug to check it out with black text and a white background . . . and I definitely think it looks better. The changes I actually made:

h1.blogtitle { color: #111; }
#header { background-color: #fff; border-top: 1px solid #000; }
p.description { color: #333; /* You could also try #222 or something */ }

Just a thought. Overall I like the new design much better than the last.